What is recorded here
Towards the top of the NW-facing slope of a rise. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.7-1m) E-S-W, and a scarp (max. H 1m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or recognisable entrance, and the interior is overlain by an E-W field bank towards the perimeter at N. Rath (RO006-168---) is c. 160m to the NW and rath (RO006-172----) is c. 200m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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